*Ron Bassman* is Executive Director of MindFreedom

On Sun, May 23, 2021 at 11:06 PM Susan Fitzmaurice < susan@iloveyou-leadon.com> wrote: > > > In the spirit of Judi Chamberlin, our Fifth educational series offers a > free, online presentation and discussion which continues the monthly > educational series called 'Judi's Room', a joint effort of MindFreedom > International and “I Love you, Lead On” > > *Wednesday, May 26, 2021 * > *6:00 PM ET 5:00 CT 4:00 MT 3:00 PT * > *Pre-registration is required * > > https://www.eventbrite.com/e/shield-what-it-is-and-its-potential-to-empower-us-tickets-155879536891?utm_source=eventbrite&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=post_publish&utm_content=shortLinkNewEmail > > > Discussed will be the themes that unite us in our fight to have the > supports needed to live a quality of life within communities of our > choice. Coming from their years of personal experience as activists the > speakers will discuss the possibility of confronting the challenges to our > needs and rights through the creation of new partnerships. The project will > create regional Shield networks, which will be a collaboration of > MindFreedom International Shield members with Lawyers, and Independent > Living Centers, directed at overcoming the power inequities that severely > limit our choices. > > Facilitator: > *Al Galves *is a psychotherapist in La Cruces, New Mexico, and is on the > Board of Directors of MindFreedom International. Al is the author of > Lighten Up Dance with your Dark Side. > > Presenters: > *Sarah Smith* is currently a staff member of MindFreedom > International and is one of the founding members of Rethinking Psychiatry. > Previously, she served as the Development Director for Catholic Community > Services and as a Development professional for a host of other non-profit > organizations. She is the mother of a psychiatric survivor. > > *Ron Bassman* is Executive Director of MindFreedom > International > He is a Psychiatric Survivor who was twice hospitalized for schizophrenia > and later earned his PhD in psychology. His work and life have centered on > the rights of all people to have genuine choices, and to oppose > involuntary medications and hospitalizations. > > *Candie Burnham* is the Executive Director of Atlantis Community, Inc. > which serves the Greater Denver area. She is a Board member of the National > Council on Independent Living. Candie advocates for all people with > disabilities to be a meaningful part of an integrated community of their > choice. > > *Misty Dion* is CEO for the Roads to Freedom Center for Independent > Living (RTFCIL) and has 16 years of experience empowering and promoting > independence to members of the Disability Community. She is a proud member > of National ADAPT and a founding member of the North Central PA ADAPT > chapter. > > > Discussant > T*om Olin* is a long-time disability activist and member of > ADAPT whose historic photographs document the struggle for rights and the > fight for passage of the ADA. Tom's current work centers on exposing the > dangers and the abolition of forced congregate living spaces and the need > for all people to have the opportunity to live in communities of their > choicep. > > > *PLEASE CONSIDER SIGNING THE FOLLOWING:* > > There is an outstanding letter that was written and distributed by a > mother in New Mexico who is requesting persons, not organizations to sign > on to. Here is the link: > > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1X-22I-R5bJGOGmgCfUFF_J5MzUlCfCMgkBslVuHdS5s/viewform?edit_requested=true > If it resonates with you please sign on and send it out to your contacts. > It already has about 200 individual signatures, but I think it has to go > into the thousands to have the impact that we wish for. > > > > > > > > > -- > [image: Logo] <https://www.iloveyouleadon.com/> Susan Fitzmaurice > Founder > I Love You, Lead On Community > Phone: +1 248 956 0354 > Email: iloveyou-leadon@gmail.com > www.iloveyouleadon.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Community@ILoveYou-Leadon.com" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to community+unsubscribe@iloveyou-leadon.com. > -- Susan Fitzmaurice (she/her) Love You, Lead On Community <http://https//ILoveYou-LeadOn.com> Di <http://www.disabilitysavvy.com>sability Savvy <http://www.disabilitysavvy.com> Michigan Arts Access <http://www.miartsaccess.org> Society for Disability Studies <http://www.disstudies.org>